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Hey Angel-T, I was only giving you a hard time. You and I have had a similar discussion in various other threads... it's all in jest (hence the He-Man sticking tongue out smilie).

Persoanlly I don't want any PoP but that doesn't mean you and the others who do should have to wait. I can easily wait until after the release of some PoP - even Mermista - for the release of any Meteorbs.

I am Stratos, Heroic Master of Music! and proud member of the Ohio Masters

Well Mermista, technically might be an expensive figure to tool if they decided to have her tail be an interchangeable piece in the card itself. I wouldn't be at all surprised that instead of making her tail interchangeable, Mattel simply does two Mermista figures with a 50/50 split. You can either purchase her as a Mermaid mode OR in Warrior mode. I'd honestly be shocked if they gave her a whole extra lower torso in the packaging.

As for her weapons, I feel all the POP girls need new ones. In many ways POP are going to be the most interesting to debut in this line because MOTU is basically a reproduction with a taller figure and new articulation, but with POP we don't know what we're getting.

I have a feeling if Mermista has her tail come in the same packaging, and her Mermaid form isn't a variant figure, it will count as her accessory. I kind of hope not, because I want her to have weapons.

Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti

Maybe they'll wait until a Con and do her as an exclusive *and* release her on the site like they are with Faker. The Con exclusive could be Mermista with human legs, and the regular figure could be the one with the tail.

That way everyone can get the one they want, it would be a double figure month and more of a profit for Mattel.

I know people will disagree but, I'd rather buy 2 Mermistas (one warrior and one mermaid) than to have Mattel say they can't make her because she requires tooling that makes her too expensive to produce. Fingers crossed though.

I know people will disagree but, I'd rather buy 2 Mermistas (one warrior and one mermaid) than to have Mattel say they can't make her because she requires tooling that makes too expensive to produce. Fingers crossed though.

Actually (and this addresses the fear of female figures with skirts losing articulation), Mattel's "Giganta" exclusive for the JLU line has this very bendy plastic clothing... it's awesome... it looks great, and it's SUPER flexible... you can rotate her legs fine (not that they are at all articulated like MOTUC, but it would totally work with MOTUC).

SO, they could make the tail out of that material and have it still be a slip on tail... and because the legs on these are more articulated (slightly), she wouldn't end up with bow-legged syndrome like the classic Mermista figure.

Did she ever have legs? I prefer a sculpted articulated tail.I have never had a mermaid figure so it would be awsome to have Mermista.

yes she had legs. the original figure had legs that the cloth mermaid tail fit over. the legs were bowlegged in such a way that she couldn't stand too well. Mermista was the only pop figure i've ever had. I'd love to have a new one done properly, that could be displayed well in both forms.

in the toon she could turn her tail into legs so she could walk on land. IMO a proper Mermista needs to have both. A sculpted articulated tail, and a second lower body with legs.

yes she had legs. the original figure had legs that the cloth mermaid tail fit over. the legs were bowlegged in such a way that she couldn't stand too well. Mermista was the only pop figure i've ever had. I'd love to have a new one done properly, that could be displayed well in both forms.

in the toon she could turn her tail into legs so she could walk on land. IMO a proper Mermista needs to have both. A sculpted articulated tail, and a second lower body with legs.

In that case yes I totally agree with you that she needs both a tail and legs.I really need to watch the old she-ra episodes, they always sound interesting.

interchangeable lower bodies.
one sculpted tail and one lower torso with legs. should be simple enough to do.

no cloth tail to go over the legs please....

I would love that. Do I see it happening though - no. They'll prolly save Mermista for a Con exclusive and do a 50/50 variant on her in a sealed package so you'll have to buy more to ensure you get both.

I wouldn't mind her being 2 seperate figures either, as long as there was a way to have the tail version able to display in a non cheesey way, or if she came with a stand. But we didn't get a stand for Stratos so I'm not hopeful of this either.

Don't get me wrong though Mermista is one of the figures that I'm really looking forward to simply because of the surprise of what will we actually get with her idea.

Im looking forward to seeing what the 4H do with the POP characters, Mermista and Frosta particularly, and at this point I really dont think it matters wether its POP or MOTU etc, its all MOTUC and the universe that those characters ALL inhabit. So its all good Ill collect em all And Ill love em all.
Back in the 80's I had to con my mum into letting me buy POP because she didnt want to buy me "girls' toys, I ended up getting a few on the basis that it was irefutable to even my mum that they were still MOTU toys!
And to this day My Crystal Castle sits proudly next to my Snake mountain, Eternia, Fright Zone and Greyskull on top of my wardrobe. Its all about the MOTU Legacy and all its incompassing collections!

After seeing Pixel Dan's review of King hiss it got me thinking of Mermista. I think she could totally have swappable legs like hiss has a swappable torso. However i was wondering how would Mermista be posed on display shelves if one wanted to show her in Mermaid form?

After seeing Pixel Dan's review of King hiss it got me thinking of Mermista. I think she could totally have swappable legs like hiss has a swappable torso. However i was wondering how would Mermista be posed on display shelves if one wanted to show her in Mermaid form?

She would probably look good in one of the "flying stands" that Mattel has for sale on Mattycollector.

I have Marzo, Stratos, and Hordak all "flying" in one.

With Mermista, it would just be a cool way to display her without having to have the legs on the whole time.

I imagine Mermista will be done much like Hssss but instead of a switched-out torso it'll be swappable legs and tail- nowadays they can easily pack-in a stand of some sort so that we can display her upright with her tail attached, as if she were coming up out of water or whatnot.